I just put a coated emperor on my 10in tom. When I tried to tune it low the head flopped out. When I brought the tension up it sounded to bright and felt hard. There seems too be no happy medium. Has anybody else had a similar experience ? Thanks

Yes. Not that I ever use the thing, but I've experienced the same issues with my 10" tom. The Emp was way too quick to choke out on my drum. I've found an Ambassador a better choice for mine.....just seems to offer more tuning options on the smaller tom, I feel.

I just put a coated emperor on my 10in tom. When I tried to tune it low the head flopped out. When I brought the tension up it sounded to bright and felt hard. There seems too be no happy medium. Has anybody else had a similar experience ? Thanks

That sounds to me as if the head is not in tune with itself in regards to the low tuning, and you would get a similar result at higher tension as well.

I've had that happen to me in the past but I now understand better what to listen for at each lug.

Those 10" heads can be tricky to tune if you're not listening careful.

Thanks guys. I seated the head and retuned the reso head. I'm gonna try it again I know Remo has had some QC issues. If I can't get were I want it I'm gonna try a coated g2. Thanks for all the replies.

I seat the heads by making sure all the lugs are even and then tuning the drum SLIGHTLY higher than I would normally tune it. Then I leave it there for an hour or two. After that I detune it and start over. Peace and goodwill.